accumbent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
    decumbent; recumbent.

WordNet

Ac*cum"bent adjective
Definitions
  1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
    The Roman.. accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot.
  2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray.
    Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.
Ac*cum"bent noun
Definitions
  1. One who reclines at table.

Webster 1913